Sunday, February 15, 2009

A Kuwaiti oil official says crude oil prices are unlikely to rise above $40 per barrel, even if OPEC decides to enact a production cut of as much as 2 million barrels per day at its meeting next month.

Immigration officials at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Angeles, Pampanga prevented another 133 Filipino Workers to board an aircraft bound for the Middle East and Japan without proper travel documents.

First-time voters and those seeking for the reactivation, transfer, and or correction of entries, have until October 31 for the processing of their registration applications at the Commission on Election.

The Bureau of Alternative Learning System of the Department of Education in Central Visayas (BALS-DepEd7) encourages all out-of- school youths to take the Accreditation and Equivalency Test that will give them a chance to graduate in elementary or high school without going through the four to six years in formal education.

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said on Sunday she had received a letter from a World Bank official saying the bank had no hard evidence First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo and Filipino contractors connived to corner multimillion-dollar contracts for road improvement projects.

Two administration allies sought the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) over the refusal of the US to immediately hand over convicted rapist Daniel Smith despite the Supreme Court ruling that he should be returned to Philippine custody.

The approval of the $198-million payment to Filipino World War II veterans who fought with American soldiers more than 60 years ago has opened the door to more perks for them in the future, Defense Undersecretary for Veterans Affairs Ernesto Carolina said on Sunday.

The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) asked Red Cross chapters nationwide Sunday to offer special prayers for three abducted International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers, one month after their abduction in Sulu.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. is now a target of the New People's Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao, according to tho Communist Party of the Philippines Web site ( www.philippinerevolution.net ).

Jose "Joey" de Venecia III, the whistleblower in the allegedly anomalous broadband deal between the government and ZTE Corp., on Sunday disclosed that he is being wooed by former President Joseph Estrada to run under the opposition banner in next year"s national elections.

BECAUSE he has questions over the number of awardees during the 72nd Charter Day Celebration on Feb. 24, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena asked Acting Mayor Michael Rama to excluded his name from the award.